PLANTS OF COZUMEL ISLAND. 101 



CACTACE.E. 



[i. p. 544.] CereilS, an C. nyeticalis vel macdonaldice 1 

 On trees ; common. 



CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 

 [ii. p. l.] Sambucus mexicana. Presi. 



RUBIACE.E. 



EhachicaUis rupestris, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 434; Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind 

 p. 330; Hemsl. Bot. Chall. Exped. i. 1, p. 37. 



Found only on the sea-shore ; not abundant.— Bermudas to Cuba and Jamaica. 



This is the only species of the genus: it is placed next after Bondeletia by Bentham 

 and Hooker. 



[ii. p. 34.] Hamelia patens, Jacq. w. 



[ii. p. 40.] Randia aculeata, Linn. ; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 318, (3. mitis. 



[ii. p. 43.] Randia latifolia, Lam. w. 

 Randia ? longiloba, Hemsl., n. s P . 



Foliis in ramulis floriferis confertis tenuibus, floribus subsessilibus, corollge lobis tubo multo longi- 



oribus, ovario 1-loculari. 

 Arbor 25-pedalis {Gaumer), inermis vel spinis paucis munita, undique glabra, ramulis ultimis flori- 

 feris brevibus crassis, internodiis obsoletis. Folia (juniora tantum visa) in ramulis floriferis 

 conferta, graciliter petiolata, tenuia, ovali-elliptica vel oblongo-elhptica, cum petiolo usque ad 

 3| poll, longa, obtusissima, simul mucronulata, basi valde attenuata, venis lateralibus primariis 

 utrinque circiter 10,inconspicuis,longe intra marginem anastomosantibus. Flores albi (Gaumer), 

 5-meri, in apicibus ramulorum brevissimorum congesti, subsessiles, circiter 2 poll, diametro ; 

 calycis crassi subcarnosi tubus ultra ovarium productus, inter dentes tenuior, albescens, trans- 

 lucens, dentibus crassis brevibus vixacutis; corolla crassiuscula, hypocraterimorpha, fauce 

 glabra, tubo quam lobi perspicue breviore; lobi in alabastram valde contorti, angusti, acuti, per 

 anthesin patentissimi • stamina inclusa; discus carnosus, cupularis ; ovarium 1-loculare, stylo 

 incluso clavato profunde bifido ; ovula in placentis 2 parietalibus numerosa. Fructus deest. 

 "Very common and very aromatic" {Gaumer). 



In the absence of fruit, the genus of this tree cannot be satisfactorily determined; 

 but, although it has only a one-celled ovary, it seems better to refer it to Bandia rather 

 than Gardenia, so long as the two genera are retained. 



Coutarea octomera, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Glabra, foliis parvis coriaceis, floribus octomeris semipollicaribus, calycis lobis linearibus, corolla 

 anguste campanulata. 



